For such a long time since my boss had come to my company fm Australia, it's quite "shameful" that today marked the only first time I had lunch with him personally. (See ? I am such a boy never learning shoe-brushing kind of things).
Nothing special, this happened to be a casual lunch with topics covering simple, down-to-earth stories yet, invaluable.
Having heard of just very little about my boss's background, I was quite surprised that my boss first job was a chef! Yes, nothing's related to supply chain and logistics. (So my psychological background isn't really strange at all!) What's the next after that? He's a storeman. (Bingo! I was a telemarketing sales selling now broadband TV!). And what's the next? Internal sales. (Oh man, I used to be a forwarding clerk but a professional politics-fighters against my director and his son!) So How and when did my boss "suddenly" change to a demand planning role? It began with master data maintanence and system set-up for MRP planning and then all along through several little stepwise changes and finally in Melbourne he met James (our current APOD supply chan director) when our parent company acquired the local Australia counterpart!
"So, what do you think, does your plan or your fate play and lead you to the current position?" (This is quite a silly boy question, though) I asked.
"Fate. I just focus on the things ahead and that's why I always say the rest will take care of itself. " He replied.
As sincere as his answer to my question, my boss gave the best gift to the little boy after lunch - an ice-cream which just tasted very fruitful.
Thanks so much.
Nothing special, this happened to be a casual lunch with topics covering simple, down-to-earth stories yet, invaluable.
Having heard of just very little about my boss's background, I was quite surprised that my boss first job was a chef! Yes, nothing's related to supply chain and logistics. (So my psychological background isn't really strange at all!) What's the next after that? He's a storeman. (Bingo! I was a telemarketing sales selling now broadband TV!). And what's the next? Internal sales. (Oh man, I used to be a forwarding clerk but a professional politics-fighters against my director and his son!) So How and when did my boss "suddenly" change to a demand planning role? It began with master data maintanence and system set-up for MRP planning and then all along through several little stepwise changes and finally in Melbourne he met James (our current APOD supply chan director) when our parent company acquired the local Australia counterpart!
"So, what do you think, does your plan or your fate play and lead you to the current position?" (This is quite a silly boy question, though) I asked.
"Fate. I just focus on the things ahead and that's why I always say the rest will take care of itself. " He replied.
As sincere as his answer to my question, my boss gave the best gift to the little boy after lunch - an ice-cream which just tasted very fruitful.
Thanks so much.
1 comment:
It doesn't matter where you start Patrick, it's where you end up. My journey thus far is probably not the typical way to get to where I am now, but that is half the fun. I've been lucky enough to have 2 or 3 really good managers that have put the ambitions of their team & me above their own. Hopefully I've shown I do too. Like I said yesterday, I succeed when my team does.
Trust your judgement because come tomorrow morning you are the one that has to live with the decisions you make. Remember,
every decision has a consequence but whether the result is good, bad or indifferent as long as those around you show support you will always come out on top.
I will miss our candid conversations, but know that should you ever need an ear to listen I'm always there.
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